Report on Publications 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the pub- 

 lications of the Smithsonian and its branches for the year ended June 

 30, 1956 : 



The publications of the Smithsonian Institution are issued partly 

 from federally appropriated funds (Smithsonian Reports and pub- 

 lications of the National Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 the National Collection of Fine Arts, and the Astrophysical Obser- 

 vatory) and partly from private endowment funds (Smithsonian 

 Miscellaneous Collections, publications of the Freer Gallery of Art, 

 and some special publications). The Institution also edits and pub- 

 lishes under the auspices of the Freer Gallery of Art the series Ars 

 Orientalis, which appears under the joint imprint of the University 

 of Michigan and the Smithsonian Institution. The second volume 

 in this series was ready to go to the printer at the end of the year. In 

 addition, the Smithsonian publishes a guide book, a picture pamphlet, 

 postcards and a postcard folder, a color-picture album, color slides, 

 and popular publications on scientilic and historical subjects related 

 to its important exhibits and collections for sale to visitors. Through 

 its publication program the Smithsonian endeavors to carry out its 

 founder's expressed desire for the diffusion of knowledge. 



During the year the Institution published 13 papers and title page 

 and contents of 3 volumes in the Miscellaneous Collections ; 1 Annual 

 Report of the Board of Regents and separates of 18 articles in the 

 Report Appendix ; 1 Annual Report of the Secretary ; reprints of 3 

 papers in the Miscellaneous Collections and 1 Report separate; and 

 1 special publication. 



The United States National Museum issued 1 Annual Report, 24 

 Proceedings papers, 1 Bulletin, and 1 paper in the series Contributions 

 from the United States National Herbarium. 



The Bureau of American Ethnology issued 1 Annual Report and 



1 Bulletin. 



The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, under 

 the National Collection of Fine Arts, published special catalogs for 

 6 of its circulating exhibits, and a catalog of its available exhibits 

 for 1956-1957. 



The Freer Gallery of Art issued title page and contents of volume 



2 of its Occasional Papers series, and 4 special publications. 



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